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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01218737
Date of registration: 08/10/2010
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Non-Inferiority of Gatifloxacin/Prednisolone Association vs Isolated Administration in Prevention of Ocular Infection/Inflammation -
Scientific title: Double-Masked, Randomized, Parallel Group Study for Evaluation of Non-Inferiority of 0.3%Gatifloxacin/1.0% Prednisolone Association Compared With Their Isolated Administration in the Prevention of Ocular Infection/Inflammation After LASIK Surgery
Date of first enrolment: January 2009
Target sample size: 101
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01218737
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:   Medical Director
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Affiliation:  Allergan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient is indicated to have an ocular refractive surgery performed (myopia,
astigmatism, hypermetropy) by the Lasik method.

- Patient presents a normal eye fundus.

- Patient has intraocular pressure (IOP) = 20 mmHg.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Surgery and/or previous ocular pathology (presence of scar/change in the cornea,
glaucoma, retinopathies, etc.).

- Patient has diabetes or is immunodepressed.

- Any systemic infection during the study.

- Signs and/or symptoms of ocular inflammation/infection (bacterial, viral, fungal,
caused by Chlamydia, by Mycobacterium, Acanthamoeba or of allergic etiology).

- Have used any systemic or topical antibiotics for ocular infection in the previous 14
days.

- Patient has known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the formulations used
in the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Infection and Inflammation After Refractive Surgery (Lasik).
Intervention(s)
Drug: 0.3% gatifloxacin and 1.0% prednisolone acetate association
Drug: isolated 0.3% gatifloxacin and 1.0% prednisolone acetate
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage of eyes with absence of signs/symptoms of ocular infection/inflammation after surgery. [Time Frame: Day 15]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
AG9890X-001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Allergan
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